Author: - Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low
Title: - Lion Dancer -- Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
Illustrator: - Photographs by Martha Cooper
Publisher: - Scholastic Inc.
Year: - 1990
Format: - Hardcover
Genre: - Nonfiction
Reading Level: - Assisted
Interest Level: - Middle Elementary
Topics: - Chinese culture, Chinese New Year, Lion Dance, Cultural Dances
Summary: - This book follows a young Chinese boy as he prepares and performs his first Lion Dance for the Chinese New Year in Chinatown, New York. The information and descriptions accompanied by supporting photographs.
Illustrator: - Photographs by Martha Cooper
Publisher: - Scholastic Inc.
Year: - 1990
Format: - Hardcover
Genre: - Nonfiction
Reading Level: - Assisted
Interest Level: - Middle Elementary
Topics: - Chinese culture, Chinese New Year, Lion Dance, Cultural Dances
Summary: - This book follows a young Chinese boy as he prepares and performs his first Lion Dance for the Chinese New Year in Chinatown, New York. The information and descriptions accompanied by supporting photographs.
Extension Activities: -
--Students can make paper puppets and decorate them like the Chinese Lions used in the Lion Dance.
--Students will compare and contrast the celebrations for the Chinese New Year that is based on the lunar calendar, and the New Year celebrated by most of the world that is based on the solar calendar.
--Students can make paper puppets and decorate them like the Chinese Lions used in the Lion Dance.
--Students will compare and contrast the celebrations for the Chinese New Year that is based on the lunar calendar, and the New Year celebrated by most of the world that is based on the solar calendar.
